| Introduction by General March | |
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| Chapter I. A War for International Freedom | |
| A Conflict that was Inevitable—The Flower of Manhood on the Fields of France—Germany’s Defiance to the World—Heroic Belgium—Four Autocratic Nations against Twenty-four Committed to the Principles of Liberty—America’s Titanic Effort—Four Million Men Under Arms, Two Million Overseas—France the Martyr Nation—The British Empire’s Tremendous Share in the Victory—A River of Blood Watering the Desert of Autocracy | 1 |
| Chapter II. The World Suddenly Turned Upside Down | |
| The War Storm Breaks—Trade and Commerce Paralyzed—Homeward Rush of Travelers—Stock Markets Closed—The Tide of Desolation Following in the Wake of War | 21 |
| Chapter III. Why the World Went to War | |
| The Balkan Ferment—Russia, the Dying Giant Among Autocracies—Turkey the “Sick Man” of Europe—Scars Left by the Balkan War—Germany’s Determination to Seize a Place in the Sun | 41 |
| Chapter IV. The Plotter Behind the Scene | |
| The Assassination at Sarajevo—The Slavic Ferment—Austria’s Domineering Note—The Plotters of Potsdam—The Mailed Fist of Militarism Beneath the Velvet Glove of Diplomacy—Mobilization and Declarations of War | 58 |
| Chapter V. The Great War Begins | |
| Germany Invades Belgium and Luxemburg—French Invade Alsace—England’s “Contemptible Little Army” Lands in France and Belgium—The Murderous Gray-Green Tide—Heroic Retreat of the British from Mons—Belgium Overrun—Northern France Invaded—Marshal Joffre Makes Ready to Strike | 88 |
| Chapter VI. The Trail of the Beast in Belgium | |
| Barbarities that Shocked Humanity—Planned as Part of the Teutonic Policy of Schrecklichkeit—How the German and the Hun Became Synonymous Terms—The Unmatchable Crimes of a War-Mad Army—A Record of Infamy Written in Blood and Tears—Official Reports | 117 |
| Chapter VII. The First Battle of the Marne | |
| Joffre’s Masterly Plan—The Enemy Trapped Between Verdun and Paris—Gallieni’s “Army in Taxicabs”—Foch, the “Savior of Civilization,” Appears—His Mighty Thrust Routs the Army of Hausen—Joffre Salutes Foch as “The First Strategist in Europe”—The Battle that Won the Baton of a Marshal | 153 |
| Chapter VIII. Japan in the War | |
| Tsing-Tau Seized by the Mikado—German “Gibraltar” of Far East Surrendered After Short Siege—Japan’s Aid to the Allies in Money, Ships, Men and Nurses—German Propaganda in the Far East Fails | 170 |
| Chapter IX. Campaign in the East | |
| Invasion of East Prussia—Von Hindenburg and Masurian Lakes—Battle of Tannenberg—Augustovo—Russians Capture Lemberg—The Offer to Poland | 184 |
| Chapter X. New Methods and Horrors of Warfare | |
| Tanks—Poison Gas—Flame Projectors—Airplane Bombs—Trench Mortars—Machine Guns—Modern Uses of Airplanes for Liaison and Attacks on Infantry—Radio—Rifle and Hand Grenades—A War of Intensive Artillery Preparation—A Debacle of Insanities, Terrible Wounds and Horrible Deaths | 212 |